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For 'King Cole's American Salvage,' I rode around in the wrecker with a local driver and watched him deal with customers and hook up the cars. I watched the guy who tore apart the cars in the junkyard. I also wrote poems about those guys. I loved hanging around the yard.
Bonnie Jo Campbell

Meaning of "tore" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TORE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TORE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tore is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb tore in English.

WHAT DOES TORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tore

Tore is a Scandinavian boy's name. It is derived from the Old Norse name Tórir, which in turn is derived from Tórver, which is composed of tor which means thunder, and ver which means Giant. The most famous person by this name is probably Tore Hund, who killed Olaf II of Norway at the Battle of Stiklestad. Approximately 18 000 people in Norway are named Tore. People named Tore include: ▪ Tore Austad (born 1935), Norwegian politician and former Minister of Education and Church Affairs ▪ Tore Berger (born 1944), Norwegian sprint canoer ▪ Tore Blom (1880-1961), Swedish track and field athlete and Olympian ▪ Tore Brovold (born 1970), Norwegian skeet shooter ▪ Tore Brunborg (born 1960), Norwegian jazz musician, saxophonist and composer ▪ Tore Cervin (born 1950), Swedish footballer ▪ Tore André Dahlum (born 1968), Norwegian former footballer ▪ Tore Edman (1904-1995), Swedish ski jumper ▪ Tore Ellingsen (born 1962), Norwegian economist...

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TORE

PRESENT

Present
I tear
you tear
he/she/it tears
we tear
you tear
they tear
Present continuous
I am tearing
you are tearing
he/she/it is tearing
we are tearing
you are tearing
they are tearing
Present perfect
I have torn
you have torn
he/she/it has torn
we have torn
you have torn
they have torn
Present perfect continuous
I have been tearing
you have been tearing
he/she/it has been tearing
we have been tearing
you have been tearing
they have been tearing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I tore
you tore
he/she/it tore
we tore
you tore
they tore
Past continuous
I was tearing
you were tearing
he/she/it was tearing
we were tearing
you were tearing
they were tearing
Past perfect
I had torn
you had torn
he/she/it had torn
we had torn
you had torn
they had torn
Past perfect continuous
I had been tearing
you had been tearing
he/she/it had been tearing
we had been tearing
you had been tearing
they had been tearing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will tear
you will tear
he/she/it will tear
we will tear
you will tear
they will tear
Future continuous
I will be tearing
you will be tearing
he/she/it will be tearing
we will be tearing
you will be tearing
they will be tearing
Future perfect
I will have torn
you will have torn
he/she/it will have torn
we will have torn
you will have torn
they will have torn
Future perfect continuous
I will have been tearing
you will have been tearing
he/she/it will have been tearing
we will have been tearing
you will have been tearing
they will have been tearing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would tore
you would tore
he/she/it would tore
we would tore
you would tore
they would tore
Conditional continuous
I would be tearing
you would be tearing
he/she/it would be tearing
we would be tearing
you would be tearing
they would be tearing
Conditional perfect
I would have tore
you would have tore
he/she/it would have tore
we would have tore
you would have tore
they would have tore
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been tearing
you would have been tearing
he/she/it would have been tearing
we would have been tearing
you would have been tearing
they would have been tearing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you tear
we let´s tear
you tear
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to tear
Past participle
torn
Present Participle
tearing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TORE

torchier
torchiere
torchlight
torchlike
torchlit
torchon lace
torchwood
torchy
torcular
tordion
toreador
toreador pants
torero
toreutic
toreutics
Torfaen
torgoch
tori
toric
toric lens

WORDS THAT END LIKE TORE

anymore
Baltimore
Bangalore
before
convenience store
core
encore
explore
furthermore
hardcore
ignore
Moore
more
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score
Singapore
store
therefore
to the fore
what is more

Synonyms and antonyms of tore in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tore» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TORE

Find out the translation of tore to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tore from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tore» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

撕毁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tore
570 millions of speakers

English

tore
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फाड़े
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مزق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разорвал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rasgou
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্ধবৃত্তাকার পার্শ্বচিত্রের মূর্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déchiré
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merobek
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

riss
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

引き裂いた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

찢어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyuwek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फाडून टाकले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yırttı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozdarł
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розірвав
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rupt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έσκισε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skeur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tore
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tore
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tore

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TORE»

The term «tore» is very widely used and occupies the 11.884 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TORE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tore

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10 QUOTES WITH «TORE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tore.
1
Simone de Beauvoir
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.
2
Peter L. Bergen
I stepped into the bedroom where he was killed and looked up at the ceiling, where you could still see the patterns of blood that had spurted from bin Laden's head when the bullet fired by a U.S. Navy SEAL tore through the terrorist leader's face.
3
Bonnie Jo Campbell
For 'King Cole's American Salvage,' I rode around in the wrecker with a local driver and watched him deal with customers and hook up the cars. I watched the guy who tore apart the cars in the junkyard. I also wrote poems about those guys. I loved hanging around the yard.
4
Rollie Fingers
I didn't like The Astrodome or any of the Astro-Turf fields. Probably my worst ballpark was The Met in Minnesota; I hated that place. I was so glad when they tore that place down, you have no idea.
5
Robert Griffin III
I was a freshman All-American, and I tore my ACL in the third game. But God has a plan for everything. I had a chance to turn away from Him in that situation or draw closer to Him. I decided to draw closer to Him, and came back stronger from it.
6
Bill Hader
I worked at a movie theater in Tempe, Arizona, when I went to community college there. And I got fired because a sorority had rented out a theater to watch 'Titanic,' and they were being really rude to me while they were waiting for the movie. So as I tore their tickets, I told them the end of the movie.
7
Adam Hughes
'All-Star Wonder Woman' would get worked on in what is laughably referred to as my 'spare time.' I just ended up with less and less time to devote to it. Eventually, we all realized that it was taking forever, so we just all agreed to hold off on it 'til the time was right to do it properly. Well, I still have a contract; DC never tore it up.
8
Ryan Lochte
I tore up my knee break dancing. I have no idea how that happened. Apparently these legs are meant for swimming, but not dancing. I was watching an MTV video, thinking, 'I can do this.' Definitely not. I heard a pop. I sat down and it blew up like a watermelon. I had to go to the hospital and get surgery.
9
Jo Nesbo
At nineteen I was pretty sure I was going to be a professional soccer player. At that time I played for one of the Norwegian premier leagues. But I tore ligaments in both knees, so I started studying business administration and economics and became a financial analyst, and I worked at a brokerage firm as a stockbroker.
10
Louis Oosthuizen
Whenever I have a little time off, I try to go back to my farm in South Africa. I'll spend time with my family and hunt antelope, kudu and springbok. During a 2010 hunting trip, I tore some ligaments in my ankle when I stepped in a hole.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TORE»

Discover the use of tore in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tore and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Developing Wind Power Projects: Theory and Practice
This book will be an essential reference for professionals developing new sites, government officials and consultants reviewing related applications, and both specialists and non-specialists studying wind power project development.
Tore Wizelius, 2007
2
They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat
Lewis Grizzard, Jr., was an American writer and humorist known for his commentary on the American South.
Lewis Grizzard, 2010
3
A Natural History of Latin
Tore Janson tells its history from origins to present. Brilliantly conceived and written with the same light touch as his bestselling history of languages, A Natural History of Latin is a masterpiece of adroit synthesis.
Tore Janson, 2007
4
Reviving Critical Planning Theory: Dealing with Pressure, ...
Discussing some of the most vexing criticism of communicative planning theory (CPT), this book goes on to suggest how theorists and planners can respond to it.
Tore Sager, 2012
5
The History of Languages: An Introduction
An introduction to the history of languages, from distant past to distant future, looking at how languages arise, change, and die, and showing how the histories of peoples and languages are closely connected.
Tore Janson, 2012
6
Speak: A Short History of Languages
This book is a history of human speech from prehistory to the present.
Tore Janson, 2002
7
Root Causes of Terrorism: Myths, Reality And Ways Forward
This book is edited by Tore Bjørgo - Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Professor and Research Director at the Norwegian Police University College.
Tore Bjrgo, 2005
8
The Dreyfus Affair: The Scandal That Tore France in Two
The Dreyfus Affair uniquely combines a fast-moving mystery story with a snapshot of France at a moment of great social flux and cultural richness - the Belle Epoque, the Impressionists, novelists such as Flaubert, Zola, the Goncourts, ...
Piers Paul Read, 2012
9
Maxillofacial Imaging
This book is a valuable atlas on maxillofacial imaging, both for the radiologist and the dentist. It includes clinical photographs, schematic drawings, and surgical, autopsy, and histological specimens.
Tore A. Larheim, Per-Lennart Westesson, 2008
10
Tore and the Town on Thin Ice
Carole Douglis, Adrienne Kennaway.
Carole Douglis, Adrienne Kennaway, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TORE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tore is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Joliet Man Tore Lip From Roommate's Face: Cops
A Joliet man tore the lip off his roommate's face after he grew suspicious that the ... struck him in the face so savagely that he tore the lip from the man's face. «Patch.com, Jun 15»
2
Manchester City plot move for Turkey winger
Tore spent time with Chelsea's academy and featured heavily in the Blues' Youth Cup success in 2010. He joined Besiktas from Kazan in 2014 and has ... «talkSPORT.com, Jun 15»
3
Oklahoma Sooners C Ty Darlington: The SAE scandal almost tore
NORMAN, Okla. -- Just over a month ago, Oklahoma's players walked on to their practice field arm-in-arm, clad in black, in a powerful image of unity. «FOXSports.com, Apr 15»
4
Angry mob of Facebook parents goes insane debating fate of kid …
(Disclaimer: MarketWatch doesn't know whether this parent-child exchange actually transpired and if this ungrateful whelp actually tore up what looks like a ... «MarketWatch, Apr 15»
5
Yara finally finds a new CEO
Svein Tore Holsether is now charged with moving Yara forward after several years ... Now Svein Tore Holsether will take over for Kvidal and attempt to get Yara ... «Views and News from Norway, Mar 15»
6
Germanwings co-pilot had doctor's note for day of crash but …
Documents found in the apartment showed that Lubitz received a note from his doctor for the day of the incident excusing him from work, but that he tore up the ... «MarketWatch, Mar 15»
7
Four-star Ohio State recruit Dre'Mont Jones tweets he tore his ACL
Ohio State's football team could be down one four-star recruit when the season starts this fall. As spring training began Tuesday, a big question about the ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
8
Crystal Dynamics Formally Welcomes Nate Wells And Tore Blystad
Tore Blystad has changed studios, but he isn't a stranger to Square Enix. Prior to joining Crystal Dynamics as performance director, Blystad spent 10 years at ... «Game Informer, Feb 15»
9
Besiktas star Gokhan Tore: £9m Tottenham bid for ex-Chelsea …
Besiktas have rejected a £9m bid from Tottenham Hotspur for former Chelsea winger Gokhan Tore, according to the Turkish club's vice-president, Ahmet Nur ... «International Business Times UK, Jan 15»
10
Man Utd transfers: Louis van Gaal targets Besiktas wing Gokhan …
Tore, 22, has impressed for Besiktas this season having previously also featured ... Does Gokhan Tore rank in our top 56 transfer targets in the January window? «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»

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